2mio Public Domain books are still locked behind exclusive digitisation deals.
The Open Data Directive meant to limit these to 10 years, but this isn’t enforced.
The Digital Omnibus is a chance to fix this:
▶️make 10 years a hard cap
▶️maximise transparency
communia-association.org/2026/04/27/h...
communia-association.org
As part of the Digital Omnibus proposal, the Commission proposes to integrate the provisions of the Open Data Directive into an expanded Data Act. The co-legislators should use this opportunity to est...
